Latest articles by Matt Mills
Haters, look away now: Sleep Token’s Even In Arcadia has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom
The masked metal superstars have shipped 100,000 units or equivalent of their latest album in their home country
Slipknot tore Europe a new one during their tour this summer – this pro-shot footage from a Spanish festival proves it
The nine-piece played a particularly destructive show at Resurrection Fest in Viveiro, Spain in June
Watch fiery pro-shot footage of Gojira playing Olympic anthem Ah! Ça Ira! live at Bloodstock festival this summer
The metal stars kept the French Revolutionary spirit alive with their show in Derbyshire in August
The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2025
Epic space operas, anticapitalist jazz odysseys, the return of Mike Portnoy – 2025 has been a brilliant year for progressive metal
Girlschool look back on their wild life with Mötorhead
Singer/guitarist Kim McAuliffe reflects on recording the vaunted St Valentine’s Day Massacre EP and what it was like touring with rock’n’roll’s craziest band
Simon Cowell’s new boyband December 10 could be in legal trouble after getting confused for a Scottish metal group
In a now-deleted post, metal outfit December Tenth invited Cowell and co. to “get in touch with ourselves and our legal team”
Watch Avengers megastar Chris Hemsworth’s shambolic attempt to play drums with Parkway Drive earlier this year
Just because you’re worthy of wielding Mjölnir doesn’t mean you’re able to keep time
Rob Halford remembers the chaotic time Ozzy Osbourne visited Judas Priest in the studio
Wherever the Prince Of Darkness went, anarchy wasn’t far behind
"Oh my God, haven’t you died yet?" How Man On The Edge helped keep Iron Maiden going
Iron Maiden looked in real trouble after Bruce Dickinson left. They regrouped, brought in a new singer and produced some of their darkest material
President aren’t an industry plant band, says the lead singer of President
The masked band’s sudden ascension has raised a few eyebrows, but Mr President insists he isn’t backed by a “huge corporate machine”
Babymetal want to make a song with Amy Lee from Evanescence
The J-metal superstars and the Evanescence singer have both taken part in some big collaborations this year
We asked Steve Harris if Iron Maiden will do their own blockbuster retirement show like Black Sabbath, and he didn’t rule it out
Will Iron Maiden bow out with an event as huge as this summer’s Back To The Beginning? Their founding bassist knows that people want it to happen
Health dance in the face of despair on new album Conflict DLC
The lyrics on the L.A. trio’s sixth album observe the ugliness of 2025, while the music urges you to wiggle your worries away
How Her Ghost In The Fog turned Cradle Of Filth into household names in metal
How one of Britain's most infamous metal bands wrote their major breakthrough hit
Drama, violence and Jim Carrey: the story of Cannibal Corpse's Hammer Smashed Face
How death metal provocateurs Cannibal Corpse wrote the song that made them infamous
Sleep Token’s Caramel has been named the best song of 2025 by The New York Times
Sweet news for the world-beating pop-metal outfit
Robb Flynn wants Machine Head’s retirement to be like Stranger Things’ final season
The Oakland thrashers aren’t bowing out yet, but when they do, their frontman wants it to put a bold exclamation point on their career
Halestorm found out that they were Grammy-nominated halfway through playing a show
The hard rockers took home the Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance with their single Love Bites (So Do I) in 2013
Slipknot-endorsed Mapuche metal champions Mawiza have recorded a live session in Gojira’s studio
Hailing from Santiago, Chile, the four-piece are flying the flag for South America’s Indigenous Mapuche people
Sleep Token have released the official colouring book you never knew you needed
The masked metal band have teamed up with Rock N’ Roll Colouring, who’ve previously made colouring books for Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Cannibal Corpse and others
British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show
Playing their biggest headline concert while backed up by dancers and a cellist, the rising prog metal band meld Persian folk and themes with full-throttle riffage
Birmingham Airport CEO says name will not be changed in memory of Ozzy Osbourne, despite petition nearing 80,000 signatures
There will, however, be a mural to the Prince Of Darkness and “other greats in the area”
Long-delayed Slipknot project Look Outside Your Window will drop in 2026, apparently
The “experimental”, “melodic” album was recorded in 2008 and has been delayed again and again and again over the last seven years
